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Breton Related Ephemera - R.W. Williams Ephemera Lot

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:150.00 CAD Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 CAD
Breton Related Ephemera - R.W. Williams Ephemera Lot
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575.00CAD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2015 May 29 @ 18:20UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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R.W. Williams Ephemera Lot Includes: A photograph of R.W. Williams by the famous Montreal photographer William Notman. The photo is accompanied by papers copied from a local newspaper advertising Hoerner & Williams in French; Three great documents concerning R.W. Williams. Includes: William’s license to practice pharmacy in Quebec, dated 1875, ragged around the edges; William’s letter stating he had been accepted as a member of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Montreal, scarce; William’s membership certificate in the American Numismatic association dated July, 1902, scarce. 4 Pcs.


This lot relates to R.W. Williams of Three Rivers, Quebec. He began his pharmacy in 1879 and issued “business cards” circa 1891 shown as Leroux 994 and Breton 614 and 615. It appears he partnered with a druggist named Hoerner by 1885. Hoerner had issued his own token as Breton 613. These lots will be of interest to the serious Breton token collector.